How many numbers greater than #300# can you make with the digits #1#, #2#, #3#, #4#, #5# and #6# ?

1 Answer
Jul 15, 2017

There are a total of #1880# such numbers.

Explanation:

Assuming we are allowed to use each digit at most once to form decimal strings then, we can enumerate the possibilities as follows:

  • There are #6*5*4*3*2*1 = 720# suitable #6# digit numbers.

  • There are #6*5*4*3*2 = 720# suitable #5# digit numbers.

  • There are #6*5*4*3 = 360# suitable #4# digit numbers.

  • There are #4*5*4 = 80# suitable #3# digit numbers.

That makes a total of:

#720+720+360+80 = 1880#